FRI PM Update: Sources: JFC to boost voucher income limit; audit finds nurses’ OT spikes at King home

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The education package the Joint Finance Committee is scheduled to take up Monday is expected to include boosting the income limit for the statewide school choice program to 220 percent of the federal poverty limit, according to multiple sources. Picking a new income eligibility limit for the voucher program was one of the last s… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, click here for a WisPolitics free trial and to view the different subscription options. Username or E-mail Password * Remember Me     Forgot

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Wisconsin Historical Society: Placed the St. Anthony Hospital on the State Register of Historic Places

Contact: Kara O’Keeffe kara.okeeffe@wisconsinhistory.org Milwaukee, Wis. – The Wisconsin Historical Society placed the St. Anthony Hospital (Milwaukee, Milwaukee County) on the State Register of Historic Places on August 18, 2017. Saint Anthony Hospital, designed by the Milwaukee architectural firm of Erhard Brielmaier & Sons, was originally constructed in 1931.  The hospital initially had 42-beds until 1947, when a seamless addition expanded the building and increased hospital capacity to 135-beds. As well, it featured a three-story wing on its east elevation that connects the hospital with St. Benedict the Moor Roman Catholic Church. The 1931 hospital and its 1947 addition exhibit

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Wisconsin Historical Society: Approves updated nomination for steamer METEOR

Contact: Kara O’Keeffe kara.okeeffe@wisconsinhistory.org Superior, Wis. – The Wisconsin Historical Society has approved the updated nomination for the steamer METEOR (Superior, Douglas County), which was previously listed on the State Register of Historic Places in 1989; the new nomination was approved on August 18, 2017. The updated nomination presents additional scholarship on the steamer METEOR, an intact and final surviving, above water, example of a whaleback carrier.  This nomination provides rationale for the property’s significance at the national level, reflecting a greater understanding of this vessel and its designer, and adds two additional areas of significance to more fully reflect

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Wisconsin Historical Society: Placed the Kenosha Elks Club on the State Register of Historic Places

Contact: Kara O’Keeffe kara.okeeffe@wisconsinhistory.org Kenosha, Wis. – The Wisconsin Historical Society placed the Kenosha Elks Club (Kenosha, Kenosha County) on the State Register of Historic Places on August 18, 2017. The Kenosha Elks Club, designed in the Georgian Revival style by Milwaukee based architect Robert A. Messmer, was constructed in 1919. This building had been the home of Kenosha’s Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, a community service-oriented organization committed to charity and patriotism, for nearly eight decades. Dedicated in 1919, the Kenosha Elks Club remains one of the city’s largest institutional buildings and served as a hub of Kenosha

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Wisconsin Historical Society: Placed the St. Anthony Hospital on the State Register of Historic Places

Contact: Kara O’Keeffe kara.okeeffe@wisconsinhistory.org Milwaukee, Wis. – The Wisconsin Historical Society placed the St. Anthony Hospital (Milwaukee, Milwaukee County) on the State Register of Historic Places on August 18, 2017. Saint Anthony Hospital, designed by the Milwaukee architectural firm of Erhard Brielmaier & Sons, was originally constructed in 1931.  The

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Wisconsin Historical Society: Approves updated nomination for steamer METEOR

Contact: Kara O’Keeffe kara.okeeffe@wisconsinhistory.org Superior, Wis. – The Wisconsin Historical Society has approved the updated nomination for the steamer METEOR (Superior, Douglas County), which was previously listed on the State Register of Historic Places in 1989; the new nomination was approved on August 18, 2017. The updated nomination presents additional

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